Sileby marks the horizon with a quiet, industrial resilience that traces back to its foundations in the deep earth of Leicestershire. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-west of Syston (from Syston: bearing 329°T, OS grid SK 605 152), and is situated north of Cossington village. The character of Sileby remains tethered to the slow, deliberate movement of the nearby Soar Valley, where the water catches a pale, metallic light during the cooler months. Brick cottages stand with a stoic permanence, their facades occasionally catching the amber glow of a setting sun that seems to linger longer over these low-lying fields. Beyond the residential streets, the terrain rises toward the distant, rugged outline of Broad Hill, offering a sharp contrast to the flat, fertile plains that define the local geography. Railway lines slice through the landscape, a reminder of the nineteenth-century expansion that once brought coal and hosiery manufacturing to the heart of the district. Time here feels measured by the chime of church bells and the subtle seasonal shifts in the reeds along the water’s edge. Sileby retains a grounded, unpretentious air, where the weight of its working history informs every corner of the modern streetscape.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sileby, Leicestershire, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sileby includes coordinates 52.731891, -1.105421, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Sileby is available on the Sileby map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Leicestershire weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.